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Electric Yo-Yo, The |
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Manufacturer:
Taito Year: 1982 Class: Wide Release Genre: Puzzle Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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DescriptionYou play a Yo-Yo whose job is to collect all the dots on a level while avoiding enemies. Certain dots make you immune to attack from the smaller enemies, but not the main enemy.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThe game comes in a generic Taito cabinet that is brown on yellow. The marquee, monitor bezel art and control panel all have the Yo-Yo theme.ConversionThe game uses the same boardset as Qix but has the addition of a coin processor board to prevent ROM swaps. A ROM hack exists to make the game run without the coin processor board, so there is a possibility that a conversion could be a straight ROM swap. Other games that run on nearly identical hardware are Zoo Keeper, Space Dungeon and Kram.Game PlayCollect all the dots on a level while avoiding enemies. The dots are placed on the playfield in patterns that change from round to round. You move from dot to dot by moving the joystick in the direction you wish to go, which shoots out your Yo-Yo string which grabs onto the next dot in your line of fire. If you try to move in a direction where there is no dot to grab, you end up moving only a little bit. Certain dots sparkle and if you grab those dots you become immune from attack by the smaller enemies, but not the main enemy.Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Rare - There are 2 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines, 0 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 0 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - We currently do not know of any VAPS members that have gotten around to adding this game to their wish list. The wish-list system is fairly new (not all VAPS members have filled one out) and there are probably a number of collectors who might purchase this game if offered one at the right price. Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operatos might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range. FixesIf the original NiCad battery is still on the PCB, remove it and replace it with a 3.6v rechargable, mounted away the board. The 4116 video RAM ICs often fail and since they are becoming hard to find, they can be replaced with modified 4164's.eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Electric Yo-Yo, The Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Taito. Alternatively, check out the IAM/KLOV custom report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com (updated throughoutthe day).
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